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District 12 Gives Up Referendum Attempts

ROSELLE — District 12 board members Tuesday night decided they will not attempt another fundraising referendum in April, and are unlikely to pursue one at all in 1997.

According to Board President Maureen Woodall, an April vote was rejected for a variety of reasons.

"First of all, the April election will occur during spring break, and a lot of voters will be gone," Woodall said. "Given the fact that our percentages of `yes' and `no' votes haven't changed much throughout the five elections, we saw no reason to believe they would this next time either."

The district has failed five times in recent years in attempting to get voters to approve fundraising referendums.

Woodall also reminded the board that four seats would be open for the November 1997 election. Also, the new superintendent for the 1997-98 year might not be ready to proceed with a referendum.